Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected.
Rome, Georgia. September 1943.
Esther Bubley, photographer. "A sign at the Greyhound bus station."
[Sign: "Colored Waiting Room."] Location: E-5153 Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-75338
What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of this photograph is The "Colored Sign". Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Daytime.
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. In the photograph there is a sign that says, " Colored waiting room". attached to a building.
Are there any people? No.
Number?N/A
Age(s)?N/A
Clothing?N/A
Color?N/A
Distinguishing features?N/A
What catches your eye first? the sign catches my eye first.
What structures are in the photograph? Roofs of buildings.
Homes or businesses? Businesses.
In what condition?Good Condition.
What is the spacing? N/A
What surrounds the structures? N/A
What is the tone of the photograph? Discrimination
Heavy or light? Heavy
Positive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
The photograph is very discrimitive. It is discriminating against black and white. It is sepereating the two races. It is also being very heavy. People can have a lot of opinions. It is putting a negative spin on things. And makes the authoritys seem worse and more heavy on reulations. People can't stand change.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).One, Why did this sign stand out the most to them? Two, What makes this sign so important?
-Lindsayk
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Belle Glade (vicinity), Florida. January 1939.
Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"A lunch room." [Sign: "White & Colored Served."] Location: E-9064 Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-50500-D
What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of this photograph is a resturant open to both colored, and white.
Indoors or out? outdoors.
Lighting? light
Urban or rural? Urban
What time of day or night? Day
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. What I see is one of few resturants that cater to both black and white.
Are there any people? yes
Number? 1
Age(s)? 30
Clothing? Top and a skirt.
Color? White.
Distinguishing features? -
What catches your eye first? The sign saying that both black and white are welcomed.
What structures are in the photograph? Building and telephone lines.
Homes or businesses?Business.
In what condition? Poor.
What is the spacing? Far apart.
What surrounds the structures? Other bulidings or homes, Telephone wires
What is the tone of the photograph? Happy
Heavy or light?Light
Positive or negative?Positive
Dark or light? Light.
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer. This picture shows a new leaf being turned over. The start of intergration. It starts with one. You can only hope for a chain reaction. This also shows happiness. Hope. It is a postitve change.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).One, Who is the woman standing outside? Two, Are whites and blacks seperated inside?
-Lindsayk
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Belzoni, Mississippi, in the delta area. October 1939.
Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"Negro man entering movie theater by "Colored" entrance."
[Signs: "Colored--Adm." and "White Men Only."] Location: E-915 Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-30577-M2 What is the setting of the photograph? the setting is at a Dr. Pepper factory. Indoors or out? Outdoors
Lighting? Light.
Urban or rural? Urban
What time of day or night? Day.
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. I see a person making there way up to the entrance for colored.
Are there any people? Yes.
Number? 1
Age(s)? Not sure..I can only see a figure.
Clothing? Can't tell.
Color? Black.
Distinguishing features? A Figure.
What catches your eye first? Seeing that the colored people have a seperate entrance for them.
What structures are in the photograph? A building
Homes or businesses? business
In what condition? Good.
What is the spacing? N/A
What surrounds the structures? Signs.
What is the tone of the photograph? The tone of the photograph is informative.
Heavy or light? light
Positive or negative? positive
Dark or light? light
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer. I feel that the photograph portrays an ad. That it doesn't make things feel negative. They are showing an economy. Yes, a person, a colored person going in a diffrent way but during the time everything was this way. I tlightens up things.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s). One, I might ask the subject in the picture, how are the working conditions for a colored person veres a white person? Two, How many people are white employees verses black employees?
-Lindsayk
Max's work:
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rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate accommodations for colored passengers."
[Sign: "Colored Dining Room in Rear."] Location: E-5153 Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-62919
What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of the dphoto is Louisville, Kentucky near a grey houns bus stop in the south. Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light comeing from th left
Urban or rural? rural.
What time of day or night? morning/mid day.
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. Int his Photo we see a sighn saying where the dining room is for colored people painted on a bathroom, witch relects the peopleles views on the black community.
Are there any people? No.
Number?no
Age(s)?no
Clothing?no
Color?no
Distinguishing features?the sighn is printed on the front of a retroom in a wooded area.
What catches your eye first? the small sign that says "men".
What structures are in the photograph? a small white out house.
Homes or businesses? niether.
In what condition?The structer seems to be in good condition but has seen better days.
What is the spacing? a lone building
What surrounds the structures? Plants and small trees.
What is the tone of the photograph? Discrimination/ culturaly frowned apon.
Heavy or light? heavy
Positive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
This pictur truly shjows how much community looked down apon the black community as a whole. The fact that they printed the sign telling where the black dining room is ont he front of a out hose shows that that they felt that the blacks were on of thenlowest forms of society and that they deserved nothing more that to eat at the back of a bathroom.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).Louisville, Kentucky .
Esther Bubley, photographer.
1) do u fell that this sign mockes africans?
2)what point are you trying to show?
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Lancaster, Ohio. August 1938.
Ben Shahn, photographer.
"Sign on a restaurant." [Sign: "We Cater to White Trade only."] Location: F-9063 Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-6392-M4Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Some what dim
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Afternoon.
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. In this photo we see a sign that has been printed on the glass of a resurant that says that the rsturant only will serve white customers.
Are there any people? No.
Number?no
Age(s)?no
Clothing?no
Color?white
Distinguishing features?The sign is very specific in that it clearly states that black customers will not be rolerated of for that matter served.
What catches your eye first? The small white paint on the window stating the resturants policy.
What structures are in the photograph? the window of an eating establishment.
Homes or businesses? Buiness.
In what condition?Not much can be seen but what is seen seems to be in good condition.
What is the spacing? no spaceing is evident
What surrounds the structures? What i assume is the window of a resturant.
What is the tone of the photograph? Very promentant and direct racisim.
Heavy or light? heavy
Positive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.This photo shows direct racism that is not trying to cover its self up at all. IT also shows that the owner and operators of that facility are discriminatory twards blacks. Finally it portrays a dark and heavy feeling becaus eyou know how blacks must have felt if they were hundrey and had money to pay with.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).
1) why did u fell the need to take this photo?
2) are you in favor of the sign message or against?
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Leland, Mississippi, in the delta area. November 1939.
Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"The Rex theater for Negro People." [Sign: "Rex Theater for Colored People."] (This is the same building and sign as in #23.) Location: E-915 Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-52508-D Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Midday.
Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details.Int he photoraph we see two black means atanding outside of a theatre fro blacks it si a small mockingly black building, next to what apears to be a resturant.
Are there any people? yes.
Number?two
Age(s)?Late 50's/early 40s
Clothing?work pants and shirt with suspenders.
Color?black
Distinguishing features?The letters are printed in big white block letters against a jet black brick serface.
What catches your eye first? The extrem contrast between white and black on the building.
What structures are in the photograph? A small single story theatre nest to what seems to be a resturant.
Homes or businesses? Buiness.
In what condition? It appeares in relativly new condition.
What is the spacing? Buildings are directly side by side.
What surrounds the structures? More structures of different purposes (such as resturants).
What is the tone of the photograph?Blatent distinguishing between races.and what society felt theier right should be.
Heavy or light? heavy
Positive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.This is a pictur of a movie theartre that althou had been build for black use, still has a vailed insult in its design, mainly how it is the onlt black structer onthe street and nsticks out like a sore thumb unlike the white stores which all have normal apearences.
Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).
1) Do you agree wiht the point i make?
2)Does the structor remind you of an old jail house at all?
-Max
- Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected.
Rome, Georgia. September 1943.Esther Bubley, photographer. "A sign at the Greyhound bus station."
[Sign: "Colored Waiting Room."]
Location: E-5153
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-75338
What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of this photograph is The "Colored Sign".
Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Daytime.
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. In the photograph there is a sign that says, " Colored waiting room". attached to a building.
Are there any people? No.Number?N/A
Age(s)?N/A
Clothing?N/A
Color?N/A
Distinguishing features?N/A
What catches your eye first? the sign catches my eye first.
- What structures are in the photograph? Roofs of buildings.
Homes or businesses? Businesses.In what condition?Good Condition.
What is the spacing? N/A
What surrounds the structures? N/A
- What is the tone of the photograph? Discrimination
Heavy or light? HeavyPositive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
- Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
The photograph is very discrimitive. It is discriminating against black and white. It is sepereating the two races. It is also being very heavy. People can have a lot of opinions. It is putting a negative spin on things. And makes the authoritys seem worse and more heavy on reulations. People can't stand change.- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).One, Why did this sign stand out the most to them? Two, What makes this sign so important?
-Lindsayk- Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected.
Belle Glade (vicinity), Florida. January 1939.Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"A lunch room." [Sign: "White & Colored Served."]
Location: E-9064
Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-50500-D
- What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of this photograph is a resturant open to both colored, and white.
Indoors or out? outdoors.Lighting? light
Urban or rural? Urban
What time of day or night? Day
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. What I see is one of few resturants that cater to both black and white.
Are there any people? yesNumber? 1
Age(s)? 30
Clothing? Top and a skirt.
Color? White.
Distinguishing features? -
What catches your eye first? The sign saying that both black and white are welcomed.
- What structures are in the photograph? Building and telephone lines.
Homes or businesses?Business.In what condition? Poor.
What is the spacing? Far apart.
What surrounds the structures? Other bulidings or homes, Telephone wires
- What is the tone of the photograph? Happy
Heavy or light?LightPositive or negative?Positive
Dark or light? Light.
- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).One, Who is the woman standing outside? Two, Are whites and blacks seperated inside?
-Lindsayk- Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected.
Belzoni, Mississippi, in the delta area. October 1939.Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"Negro man entering movie theater by "Colored" entrance."
[Signs: "Colored--Adm." and "White Men Only."]
Location: E-915
Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-30577-M2
What is the setting of the photograph? the setting is at a Dr. Pepper factory.
Indoors or out? Outdoors
Lighting? Light.
Urban or rural? Urban
What time of day or night? Day.
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. I see a person making there way up to the entrance for colored.
Are there any people? Yes.Number? 1
Age(s)? Not sure..I can only see a figure.
Clothing? Can't tell.
Color? Black.
Distinguishing features? A Figure.
What catches your eye first? Seeing that the colored people have a seperate entrance for them.
- What structures are in the photograph? A building
Homes or businesses? businessIn what condition? Good.
What is the spacing? N/A
What surrounds the structures? Signs.
- What is the tone of the photograph? The tone of the photograph is informative.
Heavy or light? lightPositive or negative? positive
Dark or light? light
- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s). One, I might ask the subject in the picture, how are the working conditions for a colored person veres a white person? Two, How many people are white employees verses black employees?
-LindsaykMax's work:
- Write a complete bibliographic entry for the photograph you have selected.
rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate accommodations for colored passengers."[Sign: "Colored Dining Room in Rear."]
Location: E-5153
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-62919
What is the setting of the photograph? The setting of the dphoto is Louisville, Kentucky near a grey houns bus stop in the south.
Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light comeing from th left
Urban or rural? rural.
What time of day or night? morning/mid day.
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. Int his Photo we see a sighn saying where the dining room is for colored people painted on a bathroom, witch relects the peopleles views on the black community.
- Are there any people? No.
- Clothing?no
- What structures are in the photograph? a small white out house.
Homes or businesses? niether.Number?no
Age(s)?no
Color?no
Distinguishing features?the sighn is printed on the front of a retroom in a wooded area.
What catches your eye first? the small sign that says "men".
In what condition?The structer seems to be in good condition but has seen better days.
What is the spacing? a lone building
What surrounds the structures? Plants and small trees.
- What is the tone of the photograph? Discrimination/ culturaly frowned apon.
Heavy or light? heavyPositive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
- Write a paragraph explaining your response to this question. Use specifics from your responses to the other questions to support your answer.
This pictur truly shjows how much community looked down apon the black community as a whole. The fact that they printed the sign telling where the black dining room is ont he front of a out hose shows that that they felt that the blacks were on of thenlowest forms of society and that they deserved nothing more that to eat at the back of a bathroom.- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).Louisville, Kentucky .
1) do u fell that this sign mockes africans?Esther Bubley, photographer.
2)what point are you trying to show?
*
Lancaster, Ohio. August 1938.
Ben Shahn, photographer.
"Sign on a restaurant." [Sign: "We Cater to White Trade only."]
Location: F-9063
Reproduction Number: LC-USF33-6392-M4Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Some what dim
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Afternoon.
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details. In this photo we see a sign that has been printed on the glass of a resurant that says that the rsturant only will serve white customers.
- Are there any people? No.
- Clothing?no
- What structures are in the photograph? the window of an eating establishment.
Homes or businesses? Buiness.Number?no
Age(s)?no
Color?white
Distinguishing features?The sign is very specific in that it clearly states that black customers will not be rolerated of for that matter served.
What catches your eye first? The small white paint on the window stating the resturants policy.
In what condition?Not much can be seen but what is seen seems to be in good condition.
What is the spacing? no spaceing is evident
What surrounds the structures? What i assume is the window of a resturant.
- What is the tone of the photograph? Very promentant and direct racisim.
Heavy or light? heavyPositive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).
1) why did u fell the need to take this photo?2) are you in favor of the sign message or against?
Leland, Mississippi, in the delta area. November 1939.
Marion Post Wolcott, photographer.
"The Rex theater for Negro People." [Sign: "Rex Theater for Colored People."] (This is the same building and sign as in #23.)
Location: E-915
Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-52508-D
Indoors or out? Outdoors.
Lighting? Light
Urban or rural? Urban.
What time of day or night? Midday.
- Describe what you see in the photograph. Include specific details.Int he photoraph we see two black means atanding outside of a theatre fro blacks it si a small mockingly black building, next to what apears to be a resturant.
- Are there any people? yes.
- Clothing?work pants and shirt with suspenders.
- What structures are in the photograph? A small single story theatre nest to what seems to be a resturant.
Homes or businesses? Buiness.Number?two
Age(s)?Late 50's/early 40s
Color?black
Distinguishing features?The letters are printed in big white block letters against a jet black brick serface.
What catches your eye first? The extrem contrast between white and black on the building.
In what condition? It appeares in relativly new condition.
What is the spacing? Buildings are directly side by side.
What surrounds the structures? More structures of different purposes (such as resturants).
- What is the tone of the photograph?Blatent distinguishing between races.and what society felt theier right should be.
Heavy or light? heavyPositive or negative? Negative
Dark or light? Dark
- Write two questions that you might ask the photographer or the subjects of the picture if you had the opportunity to learn more about the photograph or / and its subject(s).
1) Do you agree wiht the point i make?2)Does the structor remind you of an old jail house at all?
-Max